The Professor (Annotated with Critical Essay and Biography)

The Professor was written by Charlotte BrontÎ and was published posthumously in 1857. Although BrontÎ had tried to have the novel published, it was rejected many times during her life. When it was finally published after her death, readers were less than enthused by the work.

The protagonist of the novel is William Crimsworth. William is orphaned and taken in by his uncles. After an education at Eton College, he refuses his unclesí recommendation of becoming a clergyman and instead becomes a tradesman. He briefly works for his brother, Edward, as a clerk, but soon heads for Belgium and becomes an English teacher at a girlsí school.

This edition is annotated with a critical essay and biography about the life and times of the Bronte family.